Magazine for fire-arms



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S. K. HINDLEY.

MAGAZINE FOB. FIRE ARMS. No. 384,161. Patented June 5, 1888.

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MAGAZINE POR 'FIRE ARMS.

No. 384,161 Patented June 5, 1888.

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SOLOMON K. HINDLEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MAGAZINE FOR FIRE-"ARIVIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,161, dated June 5,1888.

Application filed February 23, 1888. Serial No. 265,046. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, SOLOMON K. HINDLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Magazinesfor Fire- Arms, of which the following isa specification.

rIhis invention particularly relates to a cartridge-magazine applicableto that class of firearms in which the frame or stock of the arm at therear of the barrel is provided with an aperture capable of the receptionof acartridge, and from may be transferred or projected into the saidbarrel-bore, and is most particularly designed for use in connectionwith breech-loading firearms in which a breech piece or pin is arrangedat the rear of the barrel and in an axial line therewith, and so as tobe moved backward to open and forward to close the breech, saidbreech-pin moving into and through the said cartridge-aperture, carryingthe cartridge lying therein into the barrel in the latter instance andback and away from the said cartridge-space in the former instance, thenleaving said cartridge space free for the reception therein of anothercartridge to be conveyed thereto, either `directly from the magazine orindirectly therefrom, under the action of an interposedcartridge-carrier between said magazine and said axially-disposedcartridge-space; and the said invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combination o f parts, as will hereinafter more fullyappear, and be specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which thepresent invention is illustrated, and in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a breech-loading lire-armembracing the features of breech construction found in the well-knownBullard system, and showing an adaptation thereof for the receptionthereupon of the magazine ofthe present invention, the position of thelatter upon the said fire-arm being indicated in dotted lines; and Fig.2.is a perspective view of the magazine. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of therearm shown in Fig. l and of the magazine applied thereupon on line w w,Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal secwhich aperture the saidcartridgev tion ofthe magazine on line asx, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is ahorizontal section on lineyy, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a View ofa'slightmodification in construction, to be hereinafter referred to. Fig. 7 is aside elevation of a portion of a breech-loading fire-arm embracing thefeatures of breech construction Well known as the Bolt system, alsoshowing the magazine of the present invention as applied thereto. Fig. 8is a crosssection of Fig. 7 on line z z, Fig. 7. Figs. 9 and l0 arecross-sectional views of magazines of the present invention when formedunder slightly-modified construction.

In the Bullard system of :fire-arms, as well known and as heretoforepracticed, a carrierblock, as shown at A, is employed in the stock orframe at the rear of the barrel, having a body transversely concave orrecessed, which portion thereof normally lies in a plane below that ofthe barrel and coincident with the bore of a longitudinally-arranged andforwardlyextending tubular magazine, which is disposed in the fore-armalong and beneath the barrel, and from which longitudinally-arrangedmagazine, cartridges are successively projected onto said carrier-block,which block is then, under the action of the operating parts, carriedupwardly to present the cartridge in the axial line of the barrel, whenthe reciprocating breech-pin is moved forward and carries the cartridgeinto the barrel.

In the Bolt system of lire-arms, as well known, the breech at the rearof the barrel is provided with an aperture or cartridgereceiving spacein the axial line of the barrel, through which a reciprocating bolt orplunger plays for the introduction of the cartridge into the barrel andthe closing of the breech; and in the use of the magazine of the presentinvention, in connection with a lire-arm similar to the Bullard gundescribed, the magazine is applied thereto in a manner to guide anddischarge cartridges therein contained to the said carrier-block when inits normal position, and when the magazine is used in connection with aBolt gun it is applied thereupon so as to discharge cartridges therefromto the cartridge-receiving space of said gun in line with the barrel.

As to the magazine, the same consists, essentially, of a box, B, havingawidth substan` tially corresponding with the diameter of a IOO cartridgeto be used in the nre-arm upon which said magazineis to be employed andofa length corresponding with that of such cartridge, the two oppositeinternal side walls, a a2, being corrugated substantially as shown,whereby a sinuous or more or less zigzag passage of substantiallyuniform width is formed from end to end of the magazine, and the saidchamber tapers a little from its rear end, b, to its forward end, d, tocorrespond with the taper of the cartridges, and said inner side wallsare also at their rear ends provided with grooves, as ff, to accommodatethe rear iianges or rims of the cartridges. The said magazine-box, asshown in the drawings, Figs. 2 and 4, has a circular aperture, g, formedin the upper end of its rear wall for the introduction of cartridgesendwise therein, and at the lower end of the inner side wall a alongitudinal opening, h, is formed of a size sufficient for the rollingor passage bodily therethrough of the cartridges one at a time. The saidboxis also provided with lips or anges j j, projecting outwardly fromthe lower part of its opposite end walls in a plane coincident with thatof the lower part of the side wall a of the maga zine.

As seen in Figs. l and 3, the side of the frame O of the gun there shownis provided with a longitudinal aperture, l, similar in form to that ofthe discharge-opening hin the magazine, and the outer side of said frameis provided with vertical overlying lips m m to form guides andretaining means in the attachment of the magazine in place upon the sideof the gun-frame, and under the application of the magazine described tothe gun set forth as in accordance with the Bullard system thelongitudinal magazine-chambered construction of the fore-arm of the gununder the barrel may be dispensed with, and the said fore-arm made muchlighter and cheaper, and in the present construction the cartridgesentered into the magazine are discharged to and upon the car rier-block,which under wellknown mechanism is elevated to place the cartridge inthe line of the reciprocating breech-pin for its being thereby enteredinto the barrel. A slide, q, is arranged to be moved over the opening Zin the frame, Fig. 1, when the magazine is not attached thereto. As seenin Figs. 7 and 8, the magazine is applied in relation to a Bolt gun, soas to discharge its contained cartridges one at a time in thecartridge-space n at the rear of and in the axial line of the barrel,and is thence entered into the barrel by the forward movement of thebolt or breech-pin.

The present improved cartridge-magazine is to be formed of any desiredmaterial-as, for instance, sheet brass or iron, stiff paper, orpapiermache-and may also, in lieu of having` the cartridge-reeeivingopening at and through one end wall, as described, for some purposeshave such opening formed in its upper side and for its entire length, asseen in Figs. 9 and 10, whereby the cartridges are dropped bodilytherein instead of being pushed endwise, although the former describedconstruction, obviously, is preferable, as then in any position ormovement of the iire-arm the cartridges will be prevented from escape,and in practice it is intended that the magazine shall be of such aheight as to have a capacity for containing six or seven cartridges,although it may, if desired, be more elongated, securing greatercapacity, or it may be made of decreased length and provided with lessbends or corrugations, as seen in Fig. 10, such magazines of decreasedcapacity being in some instances sufficient for all practical purposes,and instead of forming projections or lips j upon the magazine, asdescribed, grooves, as shown at p, Fig. 6, may be provided in the endwalls of the box near the inner face thereof, into whichcorrespondinglyformed ribs or lips of the gun-frame may enter, thegrooved construction of the box being in substance the equivalent of thelip formation thereof, but clearly preferable thereto When the magazineis to be formed of such material'as paper.

This magazine-box formed as described may be employed as a permanentfixture or a removable attachment to a fire-arm, and may serve as thecartridge inclosing box, into which the cartridges are packed at theplace` of manufacture, serving the purposes of sale and transportation,packages being of convenient form for handling, and at the same timecapable of ready attachment to the gun as the magazine, and when thesupply is exhausted they may be discarded and another and filledcartridge case and magazine be brought into use, it being understoodthat after the filling of said magazines, as described, at their placesof manufacture, or of the manufacture of the cartridges,the saiddischarge'opening 71 as also the entering-opening, if desired, is to beclosed by a covering of suitable material-such as paper, Srcto be pastedor otherwise secured over such opening or openings.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A magazine for fire-arms, consistingofa box having its two opposite side walls inter'- nally corrugated, andhaving in one end Wall an opening through which to insert cartridges,and also having in its inner side wall a discharge-opening, and meanswhereby the said magazine may be attached to the side of a gunframe,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A magazine for nre-arms, consisting of a box having its two oppositesides internally corrugated and provided near one end Wall with thegrooves ff, and provided with a rear end IIO opening, through which toinsert cartridges, y

and a discharge-opening, and means whereby the said magazine may beattached to a gunframe, substantially as and for the purpose described.

SOLOMON K. HINDLEY. Witnesses: e

H. A. OHAPIN, Gr. M. GHAMBERLAIN.

